href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/taxonomy/term/117">Star
Trek Online
is set to launch in the not too distant future, something
in the area of 45 days or so. The game is well fleshed out and has
opened its doors for closed beta, but as with all new MMOGs there is
too
much to take in and then describe with any kind of context during those
first hours of playtime. So to kick things off we're going to look at
some
specifics during our beta journals up until the game launches. This
week we'll look at the first few hours of the game and
discuss some of our impressions right out of the gate.

The space combat is
interesting and really makes you feel the impact of your decisions.
Should you choose to go faster, your shields and weapons are penalized
with lower power. The inverse is also true, so space flight and combat
are a constant balancing of speed versus defense versus offensive
abilities.

• To read our Star Trek Online
  Beta Journal #1 - Welcome to Starfleet, click href="http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/78422">here!